Post by Gront on Dec 16, 2012 13:21:19 GMT -5
So, as I've already let on, this tourney is going to be a little different from the last one, specifically in that this tournament will be happening a whole helluva lot faster. Round one is going to be something of a testing phase, but if it goes well, you can assume this is what the rest of the tournament will be like.
The match will start whenever Des or I says so, with the person with the lower seed taking the first move (we will mention who is going first anyways, so you don't really have to worry about it). The starting Brawler then has 24 hours to make a move. After that time is up, either Brawler may post. After a Brawler posts, they must wait until their opponent posts or 24 hours before they can post again (whichever comes first). If a Brawler makes no moves during the whole match, they are disqualified (I'll get to determining winners in a moment, but I wanted to make that explicit because theoretically if everyone wanted to troll, the AFK could still win). This back-and-forth brawling will go on for 5 days (120 hours), at which point the Brawlers have 24 more hours to make a "finisher." These finishers should be pretty special: it's one of the few times in SPB you'll actually be able to kill your opponent (though you don't have to). The general idea behind finishers is that you want it to be a move that clearly establishes you as the victor, and killing your opponent is a pretty standard way of doing it. Unlike the rest of the match, the finishers will not be based on one another; instead, they will be a response to the last picture in the "grudging" part of the match. You can post your finisher at any time during the ensuing 24 hours, but if you're concerned that your opponent will one-up you, you can wait until the last hour to post. After finishers are posted, judging/voting will begin.
Judging is another thing that's going to be different this time around. Instead of a panel of mods, Des and I (with John judging in our stead if one of us is a participant in the match) will distribute three points among the Brawlers involved in the match: one for originality/style, one for timeliness (speed of posting), and one for whichever finisher we liked more. We can split these into half points (timeliness, for example, will usually get split down the middle unless someone is clearly being too slow), but only 3 points total will be given out. Also, we will have the "clearly didn't try" deduction if your art quality is substantially and consistently terrible, but this will just be for special occasions. In addition to our judging, there will be a popular vote where everyone gets to say who they think won. A total of 5 points will be distributed for the popular vote, based on the voting percentages. This means that if 40% of you vote for one guy and 60% for the other, the first guy will get 2 points, and the other guy will receive 3 points (I won't round the points off in the real matches, I just picked easy numbers here to make my point). Whoever has the most points between judging and voting will be the winner. Judging/voting will take place during the 24 hours after the end of the finishers period.
Betting will work the same way as it did the last tournament. There will be an initial pot of 100 B, and users can bet on who they think will win. At the end of the match, the Brawlios will be distributed based on how much each user has bet relative to the other users in the pot. I'll be posting pot odds as bets are made. If a user ends up forfeiting, all Brawlios will be returned to the betters. Bets can be made until the finisher period starts. You cannot retract your bet, but you can add to it while betting is still open.
ROUND 2 MODIFICATIONS AS FOLLOWS:
Current Arena:
Round 4: THE CAVERNS
One of the more mysterious locations in Brawl, the cavers were discovered when McJesus broke a hole in the white void, exposing a maze of tunnels underneath. There's a lot of old, freaky shit down there. People have discovered tunnels leading to all kinds of altars and buildings from ancient underground civilizations, but no one ever seems to be able to find anything a second time. Some people suspect that the tunnels constantly change, while others suggest that people are just morons who can't remember how to get places. Anyways, it can get kind of dark in there. You may want to pack a light.
Hey, remember that time that Balto blew up the planet in One Week Brawl? Of course you don't, that was like two years ago. Point is, it happened, and now there are a ton of rocks flying around in space even though the planet got fixed somehow. I don't know, One Week was really long, I can't be bothered to go through and look to figure out how exactly that happened, but somehow we got a portal out to the asteroid belt, and that's where round 3 is going to be. Most of the rocks are big enough to have enough gravity for you to hang out on them, but a good jump (or punch) will send you flying to a different asteroid. You'll probably want some sort of spacesuit (or fishbowl, whatever), since there's not enough oxygen being held in by the asteroids to last you for the whole match. Monty has thrown some air tanks around in case you lose yours, but he's too cheap to furnish suits for everyone. That shit's expensive!
Wow, what a pile of shit! The Extra Cheap Apartments are exactly what they sounds like: a building full of the cheapest, dirtiest, most disgusting apartments you can find in one of the worst parts of Brawl City. Don't be fooled, though; the security here's great on account of the fact that the tenants are all Brawlers! The place may be awful, but the Brawlers living here will still fight viciously to defend their homes. Which is actually kind of funny, because we totally forgot to tell them to clear out for the tournament. That's right, the tenants who aren't actually part of the tournament are STILL THERE! Whoops! Monty's forcefield extends a few blocks around the apartments this time, so you can bash around a bit in the slums, too.
Here's a diagram of who lives in which apartments. The "empty" rooms most likely contain non-Brawler squatters, and I would not be surprised if one or two of them were serial killers. This is a bad neighborhood.
I think all the brawlers on this diagram are either mine, Des', Nitro's, MVG's (Lily profile pl0x), or Grim's. Personally I'd like to see Grim's Brawlers still there for old times' sake, but you can say they moved out if you like, seeing as Grim's not around anymore. If there's anyone on there you need info on, let me know and I'll dig it up. Also the landlord looks like this if you want to use him.
Note: Using the Brawlers in the ECA is not only allowed, but encouraged in this match. However, you should realize that most of them are going to be pretty pissed about the fight going on in their building. Excessive use of the bystander Brawlers to your advantage will definitely hurt your mod scores, and I image it will not help you in the popular vote, either. Having your own character being beaten up by the tenants probably won't hurt, though.
Over the course of all the Brawls that take place, Brawl City gets kind of trashed. Needless to say, piles of rubble everywhere were not very popular with the citizens, so after something gets destroyed, it's moved to the Junkyard. It looks like a junkyard you might see on TV, but super huge. There's a lot of random pieces of metal here, but if you look hard enough, you might be able to find something more useful. Yes, more useful than a random lead pipe, believe it or not.
As usual, Monty's put up a barrier preventing you from leaving the arena, but you can go as high in the air as you like, and it's not like there isn't plenty of room to romp about.
The match will start whenever Des or I says so, with the person with the lower seed taking the first move (we will mention who is going first anyways, so you don't really have to worry about it). The starting Brawler then has 24 hours to make a move. After that time is up, either Brawler may post. After a Brawler posts, they must wait until their opponent posts or 24 hours before they can post again (whichever comes first). If a Brawler makes no moves during the whole match, they are disqualified (I'll get to determining winners in a moment, but I wanted to make that explicit because theoretically if everyone wanted to troll, the AFK could still win). This back-and-forth brawling will go on for 5 days (120 hours), at which point the Brawlers have 24 more hours to make a "finisher." These finishers should be pretty special: it's one of the few times in SPB you'll actually be able to kill your opponent (though you don't have to). The general idea behind finishers is that you want it to be a move that clearly establishes you as the victor, and killing your opponent is a pretty standard way of doing it. Unlike the rest of the match, the finishers will not be based on one another; instead, they will be a response to the last picture in the "grudging" part of the match. You can post your finisher at any time during the ensuing 24 hours, but if you're concerned that your opponent will one-up you, you can wait until the last hour to post. After finishers are posted, judging/voting will begin.
Judging is another thing that's going to be different this time around. Instead of a panel of mods, Des and I (with John judging in our stead if one of us is a participant in the match) will distribute three points among the Brawlers involved in the match: one for originality/style, one for timeliness (speed of posting), and one for whichever finisher we liked more. We can split these into half points (timeliness, for example, will usually get split down the middle unless someone is clearly being too slow), but only 3 points total will be given out. Also, we will have the "clearly didn't try" deduction if your art quality is substantially and consistently terrible, but this will just be for special occasions. In addition to our judging, there will be a popular vote where everyone gets to say who they think won. A total of 5 points will be distributed for the popular vote, based on the voting percentages. This means that if 40% of you vote for one guy and 60% for the other, the first guy will get 2 points, and the other guy will receive 3 points (I won't round the points off in the real matches, I just picked easy numbers here to make my point). Whoever has the most points between judging and voting will be the winner. Judging/voting will take place during the 24 hours after the end of the finishers period.
Betting will work the same way as it did the last tournament. There will be an initial pot of 100 B, and users can bet on who they think will win. At the end of the match, the Brawlios will be distributed based on how much each user has bet relative to the other users in the pot. I'll be posting pot odds as bets are made. If a user ends up forfeiting, all Brawlios will be returned to the betters. Bets can be made until the finisher period starts. You cannot retract your bet, but you can add to it while betting is still open.
ROUND 2 MODIFICATIONS AS FOLLOWS:
- Instead of 24 hours, the time limit for pictures is now 48 hours.
- Instead of 5 days, matches will now continue for 8.
- Finishers are now optional.
Current Arena:
Round 4: THE CAVERNS
One of the more mysterious locations in Brawl, the cavers were discovered when McJesus broke a hole in the white void, exposing a maze of tunnels underneath. There's a lot of old, freaky shit down there. People have discovered tunnels leading to all kinds of altars and buildings from ancient underground civilizations, but no one ever seems to be able to find anything a second time. Some people suspect that the tunnels constantly change, while others suggest that people are just morons who can't remember how to get places. Anyways, it can get kind of dark in there. You may want to pack a light.
Hey, remember that time that Balto blew up the planet in One Week Brawl? Of course you don't, that was like two years ago. Point is, it happened, and now there are a ton of rocks flying around in space even though the planet got fixed somehow. I don't know, One Week was really long, I can't be bothered to go through and look to figure out how exactly that happened, but somehow we got a portal out to the asteroid belt, and that's where round 3 is going to be. Most of the rocks are big enough to have enough gravity for you to hang out on them, but a good jump (or punch) will send you flying to a different asteroid. You'll probably want some sort of spacesuit (or fishbowl, whatever), since there's not enough oxygen being held in by the asteroids to last you for the whole match. Monty has thrown some air tanks around in case you lose yours, but he's too cheap to furnish suits for everyone. That shit's expensive!
Wow, what a pile of shit! The Extra Cheap Apartments are exactly what they sounds like: a building full of the cheapest, dirtiest, most disgusting apartments you can find in one of the worst parts of Brawl City. Don't be fooled, though; the security here's great on account of the fact that the tenants are all Brawlers! The place may be awful, but the Brawlers living here will still fight viciously to defend their homes. Which is actually kind of funny, because we totally forgot to tell them to clear out for the tournament. That's right, the tenants who aren't actually part of the tournament are STILL THERE! Whoops! Monty's forcefield extends a few blocks around the apartments this time, so you can bash around a bit in the slums, too.
Here's a diagram of who lives in which apartments. The "empty" rooms most likely contain non-Brawler squatters, and I would not be surprised if one or two of them were serial killers. This is a bad neighborhood.
I think all the brawlers on this diagram are either mine, Des', Nitro's, MVG's (Lily profile pl0x), or Grim's. Personally I'd like to see Grim's Brawlers still there for old times' sake, but you can say they moved out if you like, seeing as Grim's not around anymore. If there's anyone on there you need info on, let me know and I'll dig it up. Also the landlord looks like this if you want to use him.
Note: Using the Brawlers in the ECA is not only allowed, but encouraged in this match. However, you should realize that most of them are going to be pretty pissed about the fight going on in their building. Excessive use of the bystander Brawlers to your advantage will definitely hurt your mod scores, and I image it will not help you in the popular vote, either. Having your own character being beaten up by the tenants probably won't hurt, though.
Over the course of all the Brawls that take place, Brawl City gets kind of trashed. Needless to say, piles of rubble everywhere were not very popular with the citizens, so after something gets destroyed, it's moved to the Junkyard. It looks like a junkyard you might see on TV, but super huge. There's a lot of random pieces of metal here, but if you look hard enough, you might be able to find something more useful. Yes, more useful than a random lead pipe, believe it or not.
As usual, Monty's put up a barrier preventing you from leaving the arena, but you can go as high in the air as you like, and it's not like there isn't plenty of room to romp about.